(Editor’s note: Image provided by Daniel Liddle.) By Grace Gonzales Daniel Liddle, assistant professor in the English Department at Western Kentucky University, earned his doctorate, in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University in 2018. He was a graduate...
‘Sympathy for the Devil’
(Editor’s note: Image provided by James Wainscoat at Unsplash.) By Sara Kate-Wiseman In his backyard in Nashville, Daniel Burt built a small structure out of scrap plywood that attracts and houses creatures many people may find icky. It measures 2...
She loves to hate Plato
(Editor’s note: Image provided by Kenny Eliason at Unsplash.) By Jake Moore Each time Rose Donnelly walks up the “Hill” to Cherry Hall, she steps in the tracks of past masters. Donnelly, a third-year philosophy major at Western Kentucky University, spends her...
Midnight in the Garden
(Editor’s note: Image provided by Nils Bouillard at Unsplash.) By Rhiannon Johnston Cosmos and Oxide Daisies, Sea Holly and Yarrow, Evening Primrose, Moonflowers and Honeysuckle nestle against a wood fence in Shawnee Casebolt Wells’ yard. Wells, a registered...
Military service and education match up at WKU
(Editor’s note: Image provided by Filip Andrejevic at Unsplash.) By Shayla Abney Western Kentucky University is home to many veterans and prides itself on its Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. With this year's homecoming falling on Veterans Day with a theme of “Big...
Patients battle HIV/AIDS with the ‘Good Book’
By Matthew Williams Photo courtesy of Julia Zyablova via Unsplash. Radiant smiles accompanied the cloudless sky and sunshine above a white tent outside the Journey Pure addiction and treatment center. The rustling incomers roused David McKinney to his feet behind...
Clean water helps villagers to ‘Thrive’
By Maggie Phelps A senior from Western Kentucky University spent three weeks telling stories about her first-hand experience with an organization that provides clean water resources to communities in rural Africa. Molly St. Clair, a Journalism Major, interned at...
Bowling Green’s growth outpaces public transportation
Story and photos by Mariia Novoselia With confident steps revealing familiarity, Yanet Moges, a Western Kentucky University student from Ethiopia, opens the door to the office of GO bg Transit. She visits the public transit service office in Bowling Green, Kentucky,...
Voting for international senator starts Monday
By Mariia Novoselia (Editor's Note: Featured image provided by Hansjorg Keller.) Rectangular lamps light up the Western Kentucky University Student Government Association Senate chamber located on the second floor of the ever-busy Downing Student Union. Two WKU...
The Swipe Out Hunger initiative fights food insecurity at WKU
By Ellie Sandlin (Editor's Note: Photo by Siegfried Poepperl via Unsplash.) The WKU Student Government Association started a Swipe Out Hunger initiative for the spring 2022 semester to fight food insecurity. Cole Bornefeld, a junior from Hendersonville, Tennessee, is...
Disc Golf takes flight at WKU
By Jeffrey Meyers At almost any park in Bowling Green, you can spot people throwing discs at chained baskets. This is disc golf, and WKU has a team for it. Disc golf is a sport where players throw frisbee-like discs into baskets, attempting to score below par....
Looking back to look forward
(Editor’s note: Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash.) By Hannah Claussen I stepped out of the car on a chilly Friday in October. My heels sunk into the soft dirt, so I walked on my toes. My eyes stayed trained on the ground. I knew before I opened the door that everyone...